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Nearby homeowners said that is too much to put on the 4-acre site overlooking the Congaree River. They remain wary that traffic associated with the project will spill over into the Mill Village neighborhood.

Homeowner Jennifer Boyd is still concerned that on-site parking is inadequate, saying the suggestion that more than 400 space is plenty seems “full of molasses.”

The development at State and Meeting streets is just across the Gervais Street bridge across from the Vista.

It’s a project promising to spur more development in the Lexington County city of 15,000 residents, officials say. Making that happen is a decade-old dream of city leaders.

The plan taking shape gives the company flexibility to adapt development to demand, allowing it to substitute residences for offices but limiting the total to 235.

City officials are requiring that the project include at least 30,000 square feet for stores and restaurants.

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